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Terence Stamp, the renowned English star of international masterpieces like Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema <\/em>and Federico Fellini’s Toby Dammit<\/em> and the memorable villain of two Superman films, has died. He was 87.<\/p>\n Stamp died Sunday morning, according to a family statement provided to Reuters<\/a>. The cause was not reported.<\/p>\n Entertainment Weekly<\/em> has reached out to a representative for Stamp.<\/p>\n The eldest of five children, Terence Henry Stamp was born on July 22, 1938, in the Stepney borough of London’s East End. The son of a tugboat crewman and later merchant Navyman, Stamp worked<\/a> in his teens as an electrician in a West End theater, later winning a scholarship to undergo classical training at London’s prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.<\/p>\n He appeared in several stage productions before landing his debut role in Peter Ustinov’s Billy Budd<\/em>. The 1962 adaptation of Herman Melville’s sexually charged novella, which costarred Robert Ryan and Melvyn Douglas, earned a 24-year-old Stamp his first Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n Warner Bros.\/courtesy Everett Collection.<\/p>\n Terence Stamp as General Zod in 1980’s ‘Superman II’<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Immediately following Billy Budd<\/em>, Stamp starred opposite Laurence Olivier and Simone Signoret in the academic drama Term of Trial<\/em>, and then won the Best Actor award at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for his starring role in William Wyler’s psychological horror film The Collector<\/em>.<\/p>\n Want more movie news? Sign up for\u00a0<\/em>Entertainment Weekly<\/a>‘s\u00a0free newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Throughout his career, Stamp continued working with acclaimed auteurs like Pier Paolo Pasolini (Teorema<\/em>) and Federico Fellini (“Toby Dammit”), but never shied away from commercial fare. He won a massive new fanbase for his spirited performances as General Zod, the primary antagonist in Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman <\/em>and its sequel, 1980’s Superman II<\/em>.<\/p>\n Stamp received accolades for his starring role in Steven Soderbergh’s 1999 crime film The Limey <\/em>and played Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum in Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace <\/em>the same year. In recent years, the veteran star appeared in films like Tim Burton’s Big Eyes<\/em>, the Matt Damon- and Emily Blunt-starring sci-fi thriller The Adjustment Bureau<\/em>, and 2021’s Last Night at Soho<\/em>, which would be his final film role.<\/p>\n This story is developing…<\/p>\n